High School Yearbook, Journalism & Photography Teacher

Job Description

• The purpose of this full-time position is to lead and develop student-led programs in Yearbook, Online News, Introduction to Photography, and Photography II. The role supports the production of award-winning, school-wide publications that emphasize impactful journalism and visual storytelling. The Yearbook program has a decade-long legacy of excellence, recognized at the state level, while the Online News platform is poised for competitive growth. The position includes oversight of both editorial and photographic standards, fosters student leadership and creativity, and utilizes professional-grade equipment and memberships in leading national and state journalism associations to enhance program quality.

• A Village School teacher should be knowledgeable about not only his or her department and the curriculum developed there but about the school environment as a whole. They should be able to provide information about special programs offered as well as the philosophy of the school itself.
• A Village School teacher should be a proponent of the school and willing to talk about the school in a positive light to all constituents. 
• A Village School teacher should work cooperatively and collectively with school Directors, Instructional Coach, Coordinators, Department Heads and other Teachers to ensure that instructional programs are coordinated and are administered uniformly and equitably in alignment with desired outcome.

Setting High Expectations

• High Standards: Sets high expectations for students, inspiring, motivating, and challenging them to achieve excellent progress and ambitious outcomes.
• Positive Relationships: Establishes positive and productive relationships with students, encouraging them to take a responsible and conscientious attitude towards their own work and study.
• Accountability and Ambition: Takes accountability for student achievement by setting goals that stretch and challenge students of all abilities, inspiring and motivating them to be ambitious and to achieve the highest progress and attainment.
• Safe and Stimulating Environment: Ensures the provision of opportunities within a physically, socially, culturally, and emotionally safe, stimulating environment rooted in mutual respect, to achieve the highest possible outcomes for all students.

Assessment

• Knowledge and Practice: Demonstrates extensive knowledge and use of both informal and formal assessment methods to refine teaching practices and promote the highest student outcomes.
• Responsive Teaching: Is flexible and responsive to student needs by regularly using formative assessment strategies to check for understanding and make necessary adjustments to instruction.
• Data-Driven Improvement: Uses assessment knowledge and relevant data (both formative and summative) to evaluate the effectiveness of learning and provide remediation. Identifies and supports diverse student needs while setting challenging, ambitious targets; provides regular feedback for ongoing and sustained improvement, and adjusts subsequent lesson plans accordingly.

Assessment Cont

• Communication: Communicates appropriate assessment and achievement information/data to relevant members of the school and wider NAE learning community.
• Personalized Learning: Demonstrates an understanding of how children and young adults develop and learn, adapting teaching to personalize instruction to the individual student. Considers each student's physical, social, cultural, and intellectual development, ability, native language, and interests, while embracing equality, diversity, and inclusion in the classroom and wider school community. Strives for high performance for all students

Knowledge of Subject

• Extensive Expertise: Possesses a well-developed, extensive knowledge of their subject specialism and related pedagogy.
• Curriculum Development: Keeps up-to-date with the latest advancements and uses this knowledge to influence the design and provision of an engaging and inspiring curriculum and lessons.
• Passionate Teaching: Passionately imparts and shares their knowledge, leading discussions and exploration to promote the value of scholarship and high performance among students.

Planning for Learning

• Structured Lesson Plans: Plans sequences of lessons that introduce knowledge and skills to students in a coherent manner, deepening their understanding, making connections, and mastering increasingly complex skills.
• Student-Centered Approach: Demonstrates practical knowledge and understanding of how students learn, prioritizing student knowledge and needs.
• Promoting Love of Learning: Uses lessons effectively to foster a love of learning and intellectual curiosity, encouraging students to reflect and take ownership of their learning. This extends beyond the classroom through homework, assessments, coursework, Global Campus, social media, and out-of-school contexts.
• Encouraging Critical Thinking: Encourages higher-order skills and thinking in the classroom, such as exploration, critical inquiry, and evaluation.

Classroom Culture

• Behavioral Standards: Has high expectations of behavior, establishes strong leadership in the classroom, and uses a variety of management strategies to ensure effective and productive classes.
• Positive Values: Demonstrates the positive values, attitudes, and behaviors expected in the school community.
• Student Responsibility: Encourages students to accept responsibility for their own behavior, show initiative, and understand how they can contribute positively to the lives of those in the local community and society at large.
• Clear Frameworks: Establishes clear frameworks and standards of conduct within the classroom and the wider school, exercising appropriate leadership and acting decisive.

Personal and Professional Conduct And Development

• Integrity and Ethics: Demonstrates the highest levels of integrity, ethics, and standards of personal and professional conduct; deeply committed to personal and professional development.
• Respect and Cultural Sensitivity: Shows the highest regard and respect for others, including the culture, traditions, heritage, language, and regulatory framework/requirements of the country of location. Fosters tolerance and harmony between different cultural traditions, encouraging students to appreciate and respect their own and other cultures.

Personal and Professional Conduct And Development Cont

• School Ambassador: Passionately and enthusiastically acts as an ambassador for the school, the wider community, and the NAE family.
• Professional Growth: Critically evaluates their own professional practice, identifies and initiates professional learning needs, and embraces opportunities to demonstrate leadership.
• Continuous Improvement: Has a thirst for learning and knowledge, continuously seeking opportunities to improve and share teaching practices. Extends skills and knowledge with colleagues within the school, through NAU, and across the Group.

Contribution Beyond the Classroom

• Community Engagement: Actively and enthusiastically contributes beyond the classroom within the wider school community.
• Effective Communication: Interacts and communicates effectively with students, parents, and colleagues regarding student achievements and well-being; open to cooperation and collaboration.
• Values and Attitudes: Understands the importance of teaching values and attitudes such as collaboration, empathy, resilience, and compassion.
• Parent Participation: Encourages parent participation and is open to giving and receiving advice and feedback from colleagues, seeking to constantly improve teaching effectiveness.
• Extracurricular Involvement: Enthusiastically participates in and leads school and extracurricular activities, including NAU, promotional activities, school workshops, and PTA events.
• Global Collaboration: Actively seeks to use Global Campus and social media to encourage collaboration across schools, helping students towards global citizenship

Relationships

• Positive Relationships: Establishes and maintains positive, respectful, ethical, and collaborative relationships with students, parents, and colleagues.
• Mutual Respect with Students: Builds professional relationships with students based on mutual respect and boundaries, inspiring them to be ambitious.
• Parent Collaboration: Forges positive professional relationships and works with parents in the best interests of students, prioritizing their education, well-being, and safeguarding to achieve the highest possible student outcomes.
• Proactive Interaction: Welcomes and proactively seeks ongoing regular interaction and dialogue with parents, encouraging them to be ambitious for their children.
• Collegial Support: Develops effective professional relationships with colleagues, knowing how and when to draw on advice and specialist support.
• Supervision Duties
• Oversee/Sponsor one club
• Lead an Advisory class covering a curriculum of social/emotional topics

Required Skills/Abilities

• At least three years of teaching experience, preferred
• Training in effective Yearbook & Journalism instructional methods
• Experience teaching a high school level Yearbook & Journalism curriculum
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for producing reports and presentations.
• Good cross-cultural, interpersonal and communication skills to interact with diverse nationalities and cultures.
• Excellent analytical skills – with the passion and drive to demonstrate and quantify success.
• Results orientated with the ability to consistently map efforts against identified KPIs.
• Excellent time management skills and flexibility in dealing with multi-functional tasks.
• You’d like to work in a purpose-led sector.